Sometimes the kids know best

A woman who drank a bottle of wine and whose daughter pleaded with her not to drive has been sentenced to home detention after crashing head-on into an elderly Katikati couple, inflicting life-threatening injuries to the couple. Brenda Ingarangi Gordon was sentenced to eight months home detention to start on Wednesday. Gordon, who earlier pleaded guilty to two charges of causing injury while driving with an excess blood alcohol, was sentenced in Tauranga District Court yesterday. She was also disqualified from driving for two years and ordered to pay $22,000 reparation. About 5.20pm on November 26 last year, Gordon's vehicle crossed onto the wrong side of the road and collided head on with Harry and Inez Johns' vehicle on Turner Rd, Katikati. The crash nearly cost the life of 80-year-old Mrs Johns, who was driving. She was hospitalised with life-threatening spinal injuries to her lower back and internal injuries. Her 85-year-old husband in the passenger seat was also hospitalised with spinal fractures to his neck and broken ribs. The couple both require long-term rehabilitation. If only that bellend had just listened to her daughter, Mr and Mrs Johns would not have been hit and Ms Gordon would not be in trouble with the law. This just goes to show that sometimes the kids know best.